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QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS
Volume 133, Issue 1, Pages 457-507Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/qje/qjx035
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- NICHD NIH HHS [P2C HD047873] Funding Source: Medline
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We use a hypothetical choice methodology to estimate preferences for work-place attributes from a sample of high-ability undergraduates attending a highly selective university. We estimate that women on average have a higher willingness to pay (WTP) for jobs with greater work flexibility and job stability, and men have a higher WTP for jobs with higher earnings growth. These job preferences relate to college major choices and to actual job choices reported in a follow-up survey four years after graduation. The gender differences in preferences explain at least a quarter of the early career gender wage gap.
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